Tag Archives: Creativity

Breaking through a creative block

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jan

There are few things more discouraging than being stymied by a creative block. It’s a wasteland. If you can’t break through it shortly, you are bound to start suffering. Without anything to work on, you are also at loose ends, … Continue reading →

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Your brain and creativity

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Jan

I’ve been spending a bit of time pondering the nature of creativity. At the same time, my husband has been consumed with book after book on String Theory… strings not particles, a parallel universe so close to our own that … Continue reading →

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Music to make art by

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Jan

What do you like to  listen to when you are working in clay? Me, I prefer airy music, like Debussy or Chopin. Listening to music while engaged in a creative act helps me. I end up sailing away on waves … Continue reading →

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Color and Artistic Inspiration

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jan

As I do research for an article about creative blocks, artistic blocks, I keep coming across the word ‘inspiration.’ One of the many ways to work through a block is to do, see, or be around people or things that … Continue reading →

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